App Inventor is a free, open-source visual blocks-based programming language that's perfect for beginners who want to learn important coding concepts. First created by Google, it's now maintained by MIT researchers. Each chapter shows you how to make cool apps like 'Hi, Mom' that lets you text people using voice recognition. You'll also make games like Frogger and Tic Tac Toe, as well as interactive video apps and more!

Learn to build mobile apps for Android/iOS devices with MIT App Inventor, a visual drag-and-drop programming language like Scratch.

About the Author
Lyra Blizzard Logan is a certified Perl, JavaScript and Database Design Specialist and Web Development Professional, who develops web applications using PHP and MySQL. She is an MIT Master Trainer in Educational Mobile Computing (App Inventor) and holds graduate certificates in Instructional Technology: Web Design and in Online Teaching and Learning. She earned her BA from Fisk University and JD from Harvard. Currently, Logan is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the Florida Education Fund (FEF), a non-profit that creates and implements educational programs for underrepresented groups. In addition, Logan directs FEF's pre-college programs, which include after-school and summer coding camps for middle and high school students in Florida.

Reviews
"The perfect DIY instruction manual and guide for creating apps, Learn To Program With App Inventor is an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, highschool, college, and university library Computer Science & Technology collections."
-Midwest Book Review



Book Information
ISBN 9781593279684
Author Lyra Logan
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint No Starch Press,US
Publisher No Starch Press,US